Window-screen.



A.y B. HILL. WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED JUL 1o, 190s.

936,895, Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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Witnesses: I N In ventor:

A. B. HILL.

WINDOW SCREEN. APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 1o, 190s.

Patented 0t.12,19o9.

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.ALEXANDER'B'HILL OF HBOKZEN, N'W'J'ERSY.

Winnowsennnn.

' Specication of Letter'syatent` Yatented @et 12, 196%.

:Applicationled July 10, 1908. Serial` lo. 442,810.

.Toall whom it may concern:

VBe Iit knownthat I, ALEXANDER B. HILL, a citizen' ofthe United States, residing at thecityof Hobokenfeounty of Hudson, and StateoNeWJersey, have invented certain new land. useful- -lnfiprovements in Window- ,Screens,.of. which the following .is a full.I clear, and exact specification.

.i-My. invention relates-.to Window screens and,` hasfor an object to--provide improved :means whereby a.. screen which is; normally housed-Within thewwindew casing may be attached "or Y .detached f to for f from the sash railsofrthe Window. i

-. One. obiectmo the present invention is. to

y have the.A screenentirely concealed: at such times-as itis disconnected from the Window sash, ...and f. such concealment will exist not enly.-vvheni the .,saslr fis. closed-..but also .when it .isppen ein. thegdrawinga accompanying. and torm- .inga part of this ..-speci;cation, Y.Figure 1 is l.an velevatioin. partly broken away, of v.a windowV equipped with my. present 'unprove- .ment .lllnthis view the-.Window sashes are .bdthshown inepenvpositonsand -the-screens ,which .fastens .thee sash rail to the l screen yEig. 6.is.afdetaiLota-'formo roller forthe screen, and .Fig .7' isl a. cross .section of. the screen roller andxa'portionvo a screen taken on .the line 7-7 o'Fig.- 6.

A. window easing-ot. conventional forni is illustrated fr at.10 in -Whichare .hung upper and .flowerrsashes .11 .and ..12 respectively. These -`sashes Aare shown as ,supported by .Weights.13,.13 in--a convenient or conventional manner. l'The screen lll which is adapted for securement .tothe lower sash, for covcrinev the opening produced by. the raising V-ef the ower sash,.rwillobe.;housedin a suitable space lbelewthe'Windowfsilll and inside of .the easing. .Thescreenfwill Jbe ,of Isuitable construction, preferably .of ssome Wire -fabric,` and ywilll be mounted upon a roller designated ina eneral Way by 17 .Preferably thev rollers or the screens will not be providedwith dogs, as is customary inashade rollers, but Will/be unhampered by any stopping device.

' :In the present illustration the roller is shown as having af metallic casing 18 carrying. a flange 19 atene end for controlling `the edge of thescreen and through said ange 19 or the end which it constitutes will pass .the squared end 20 of the spring rod Q1. This rod -is shown as having a bearing in .a block 22; at the other end. of the casing 18. The coiled spring 23m/ill. be fastened to the casingrat one end, and the other end will be fastenedto the rod 21 adjacent toits end. 20. :The-squared end 20 of the spring rod J-W'ill. enter .into Lal suitably shaped socket l:.atoenefen'd :of the-Window, asjfor instance fthersoeket 24. .The other end of the screen roller will lbe supported by 'a journal 25 which may pass through a hole bored in the -.otherend yof the Window easing. This journal25 may` have screw threaded engagement with the. block22 so that it may lbe adjusted to vary .its-length. The.fiangelt) will en- .fgageonesideorend of ,the screen-.and the .iiange 26 placed yupon a .sleeve,.27 which .telesoo es .upon the casing ..18 will .engage hebt er end.or'..side of.the.screen. 'This .telescepic;member 27. -is ,for the; purpose ,of

. .adiustang.the.; roller. toaccornmodate. screens of'. vaniousmidhs.

The screen: will.I be` ta-steeredv alongnneeo its .horizontal .edges .to .the .roller in veonae convenient manner, as for instaneeby .engaginghooks 28-whichrun in an undercut slot.29.in.theecasing .18. -Similar rollers may befusedlfor. the top. and bottom screens.

The to. of, the screen at its free vedge, that is,: thee ge which is parallel to that which is fastened to the roller will be fastened in Ysome convenient manner .to a rail 30 which, ..When the screen is=rolled up, will closely contorni to the con-tour of the window sill.

In thepresent `instance itstop face 31 is liiistt'slightly abovel the top face'of the'sill at its outerA portion, )but is below the top of the inner. sill. 32 'a sullicient distance to provide thevproperrabbet below the lower face of theasash rail. '.When it is. desired to connect .the`screen tothe window sash so that the screenwvilhbe drawn acressthe opening. left by raising the sash, suitable fastenings car- In the present instance soreT eyes 33 33'V are carried by the rail 30 and these enter recesses Y34 34 in underside' of the lower rail 35 of the lower sash and are in such aposition -that When the tWo rails are in engagement 4each bolt 36 Will upon being moved by means of its finger piece 37 pass through the eye of the screw eye 33. One or more of these fastening devices may be provided as occasion may demand. In the present illustration there are shown tivo for each screen.

The screen in connection with the lower sash has been described with jnlrticularity, and a similar screen will be employed for the upper sash and will be located in a suitable space 40 in the Window casing above its upper cross piece, and the rail 41 which is connected With thel upper screen Will nor- .mally lie iiush With the said cross piece 42 of the Window casing. i

lt will be noted in Fig. 5 that the screen 14 and the glass 43 are substantially in the same plane. The screen Will be guided in itsmovoment by means j ofl` certain suitable guides, preferably metallic, illustrated at 44, and which guides eXtend into vertical longitudinal grooves provided in the side rails of the sash, such side rails being designated Without preference by the reference character 45.

it Will be apparent that both screens may be used at the same time inthe manner illustrated in Fig. l, or that neither screen need be used, or that either screen may be used. During the season of the year when it is de sirable to use a screen Whenever the Window is open the fastening devices will be continually in engagement so that upon raising the Window the screen will be drawn across the opening. During that time of the year when it is not desirable to use the screen the fasted ing devices will be left unfastened and the screens will then be concealed and protected from injury. v

If when a Window isopen it is,v desired to remove the screen it merely becomes necessary to unfasten the' fastening device When the spring on the roller` will roll up the screen and dravv in into its casing. The sash Weights may be made heavy enoughn 't only to control the Window but also to hol position against the tension of the spring of the rller. lf, however, this is found undesirable in certain constructions some, means of locking the sash either to the casing, or one against the other may be employed.

The astenings carried by the screen rails are herein shown as entermg-recesses in the sash rails and as projecting somewhat beyon`d`the surfaces of the screen `lrails. This, v of course, is shown asa convenient method ot it in @eases j constructionv` but any other suitable mea-ns ried by the sash rail and by the rail 30 of the screen `Will be interengaged.

may bc employed for' attaching said parts together.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with a window casing having a slot therein, sashes adapted to Work in said casing, provided With recesses in their vertical edges, a roller, a fixed journal and an adjustable journal thereon for supporting said roller in said casing having its axis parallel with said slot, an adjustable roller section surrounding said adjustable journal, a rail adapted to rest upon said casing, a screen having its ends secured to said roller and rail, means for securing said rail to one of said sashes, a pair of guides secured upon the opposite vertical sides of said casing and extendinginto said recesses in the vertical edges of said sashes for receiving and guiding the opposite edges of said rail and screen, substantially as specified.

'2. The combinationvvith a window casing having a slot therein, sashes adapted to Work in said casing having recesses in their vertical edges, guides for said sashes, a roller mounted in said casing having its axis parallel with said slot, an adjustable section arrangedY upon said roller, a rail adapted to rest upon said casing, a screen having one of its ends secured to said roller and adapted yto roll upon said roller adjustable section, and its other end adapted to engage said rail, means for securing' said rail to one of said sashes, a pair of guides secured upon the opposite sides of said casing intermediate the, guides for said sashes, and extending into the recesses of the vertical edges of said sashes for receiving and guiding the opposite. edges of said rail and screen, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a Window casing having receptacles at the top and bottom thereof, each having a longitudinal slot therein, sashes adapted to Work in said casing having recesses in their vertical edges, guides for said sashes, adjustable rollers mounted in said receptacles having their axes parallel With the slots therein, rails 'adapted to rest against sai-d casing and-extending into thev slots therein, screens each having one end secured to one of said rails and the other of its ends detachably secured to one of said rollers, means for securing each of said rails to one of said sashes, a pair of guides secured upon the opposite sides of Said casing adj acentto each sash and extending into the vertical recesses in the opposite edges thereof for receiving and guiding the opposite edges of said rails and screens, substantially as specified.

4. rlhe combination with a Window casing having a slot therein, sashes adapted to Work in said casing having recesses 1n their vertical edges, guides for said sashes, a roller mounted in said casing having its axis parall one of its ends secured to said roller and ad justable section, and its other end secured to said rail, a pair of guides secured upon the opposite sides of. said casing intermediate the guides for said sashes and extendin into the recesses of thev vertical edges '0 said sashes for receiving and guiding the oppo.

site edges of said rail and screen,substan tially as Specified.

5. The combination with a window casing having a slot therein and sashes adapted to work in said casing, an adjustable roller mounted 1n said caslng having its axis parallel with-said slot, a rail adapted to rest upon said casing and partly enter said slot, a screen havmg'its ends detachably secured to said roller and rail, land means for normally Vmaintainingsaid screen retracted and said rail in position vvithin said slot, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of'New York, in the county. and State of New York, this seventh day of July, nineteen hundred and eight.

ALEXANDER B. HILL.

Witnesses CONRAD A. DmTERIcH, A. R. ANGUs. 

